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Jacques Callot, artist
French, 1592 - 1635
St. David King and Prophet, December 29; Sts. Sabinus, Martyr, Bishop, and Venustianus, Martyr, December 30; St. Sylvester, Pope, December 31; St. Columba, Virgin and Martyr, December 31; one hundred and NINEteenth plate from the book, Les IMAGES DE TOUS/LES SAINCTS ET SAINTES /DE L*ANN…E... (Images of All the Saints of the Year...)(Paris: Chez IsraÎl Henriet, 1636), 1636
Etching and engraving, four images on one plate
21.2 x 12 cm (image)
Gift of Dr. Ludwig A. Emge~ 1971.17.681.121

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publisher, Israel Henriet

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Artist Biography: Engraver. Callot was one of the earliest great creative artists to practice the graphic arts exclusively. His career can be divided into two periods: an Italian period, c. 1609-1621, and a Lorraine period from 1621 until his death. Callot studied the technique of engraving under Phillipe Thomasin in Rome. About 1612 he joined Guilio Parigi in Florence. At that time Medici patronage expended itself almost exclusively on "feste," and both Parigi and Callot were employed by Cosimo II (de Medici) to create visual records of these entertainments. Callots compositions are organized as if they were a stage setting and reduced the figures to a tiny scale, each one being rendered by the fewest possible strokes. This required an extremely fine etching technique. Callot enjoyed a lasting popularity all over Europe. He returned to Nancy after Cosimo*s death in 1621. During the Lorraine period Callot illustrated sacred books, made a series of plates of the Apostles, and visited Paris to make animated maps of the sieges of La Rochelle and the Ile de RÈ. ~~Callot was one of the first etchers to used the technique of repeated biting, and sometimes combined graver work with etching. ~~Reference: Lieure, J. Jacques Callot, Catalogue de l'oeuvre grave (Paris: Editions de la Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1924 (5 vols.)~Meaume, E. Recherches sur la vie et les ouvrages de Jacques Callot (1852-1859)~

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1636 Henriet Israël Chez YearParis Saints All of L*ANNÉE SAINTES ET SAINCTS TOUS DE Les book the from NINEteenth hundred Virgin Columba 31 Sylvester 30 Venustianus Bishop Martyr Sabinus Sts 29 December Prophet and David St Emge Ludwig Dr Gift Europe France Print Religious plate one images four engraving Etching LR ground child biting bear front tied wrists her LL woman batising pope robed UR distance beheaded being another cut hands his saint UL king bearded white crowned kneeling Jacques Callot French Israel Henriet 5074163106560059 A100173 1971.17.681.121 AFGA